Packaging candy



Dec. 21, 1937. G, A, PETREMONT 2,102,971

PACKAGING CANDY Filed March 20, 1935 Gordon RYEJI-rnanf ATTORN EYPatented Dec. 21, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGING CANDYApplication March 20,

2 Claims.

I'his invention relates to a novel package of candy and to the method ofpreparing the same. It has been the practice, heretofore, in the art oipackaging coated candies as chocolates and 5 the like to box the same inone or more layers, the pieces resting in individual cups. This is doneto prevent damage in shipment, sticking together, and in general to makethe candy more attractive and capable of being more easily handled.

With a coating on the candy, it is difficult for the customer to knowwith certainty the composition Aof the center without trying it.Heretofore, this diiiiculty has been overcome, in part, by shaping thevarious pieces to indicate the type of center. This, however, is notcompletely reliable and involves extra expense and operations, in makingup the various pieces.

An object of my invention is the utilization oi the cup containing thecandy to indicate the nature o1' its center.

The figure oi' the drawing is a perspective view oi' a box of chocolatesin accordance with my invention.

'I'his object may be accomplished, for example as illustrated in thedrawing, by using dark cups 2 for the hard centers and light cups 3 forthe soft centers, or various colored cups may be used to indicate anysuitable center material. Such selective cups may be made of anysuitable material, such as paper and may be manufactured and applied tothe candy in the conventional manner or in any other way. By this devicethe necessity of shaping the candy to indicate its interior iseliminated, although, oi course, candy in its usual forms and shapes mayalso be packaged in this manner. By my invention, the cost of the candymaking process is lowered and at ythe same time the purchaser isapprised at a glance and with certainty of the internal character oi'the pieces. There is no need to take into account differing shapes orsizes orto conjecture as to the nature of the interior of any piece. Itscharacter is obvious from a mere glance at the colored cup in which itrests.

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'My invention may be incorporated in the usual candy package withoutadditional expense. It is obvious, of course, that no extra machinery oroperations are required in using my colored cups. One of the chiefadvantages of my invention l is its very simplicity and the ease bywhich it may be adapted to the candy art.

The principle of the invention may oi course be further carried out innumerous other ways: for example, brown cups might indicate nougal0tines; blue cups, Italian creams; red cups, chocolate almonds; and greencups, chocolate caramels.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms ofdescription and not 15 of limitation, and I have no intention, in theuse of such terms and expressions, of excluding any equivalents of thefeatures shown and described or portions thereof, but recognize thatvarious modifications are possible within the scope of 20 the inventionclaimed.

What I claim is:

l. A package of chocolates comprising a container containing vchocolateswith diierent centers. individual cups in contact with each otherholding said chocolates, said cups being of diierent colors and holdingdifferent centered chocolates which centers are identified by the colorof the cup, and means associated with said container for indicating therelation ofthe colors of said cups to the nature of the centers of saidchocolates'held thereby.

2. A package of chocolates comprising a container containing differentcentered chocolates therein, individual light colored and dark coloredcups adjacent each other holding said' chocolates, chocolates of onetype of center being placed in the light colored cups and chocolates ofanother type of center being placed in the dark colored cups, and meansassociated with 40 the container for indicating the relation o1' saidlight and dark colored cups to the nature of the centers of thechocolates held thereby.

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